xvi, 204 pages : 25 cm

"A Manly, Inc. book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index

About The Great Gatsby: On The Great Gatsby ; Publication data and plot ; Biographical information about F. Scott Fitzgerald ; People in The Great Gatsby ; Minor characters ; Themes ; Images ; Metaphors -- Evolution of The Great Gatsby -- Themes in The Great Gatsby: Summary of themes in The Great Gatsby ; Themes in The Great Gatsby related to events in Fitzgerald's life ; Themes of the 1920s ; Similar themes in other literature -- Critical Response to The Great Gatsby: Critical summary ; Critical survey -- The Great Gatsby in history -- Adaptations of The Great Gatsby: Theatrical adaptation ; Movie and television adaptations ; Ballet and operatic adaptations -- The Great Gatsby as studied: Other works studied with The Great Gatsby ; Idealized love and the unworthy object: Helen of Troy and Cressida ; The social novel ; Fitzgerald and his contemporaries ; Universality of themes in The Great Gatsby ; Three common approaches to The Great Gatsby ; Symbolic approach ; Economic approach ; Historical approach -- Resources for study of The Great Gatsby: Study questions ; Chronology of events in The Great Gatsby ; Glossary of literary terms ; Glossary of unfamiliar words and terms ; Bibliography -- Master index

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